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An Evaluation of Population Forecast Errors for Florida and Its Counties, 1980 – 2010. Stanley K Smith Stefan Rayer Bureau of Economic and Business Research University of Florida Conference on Applied Demography San Antonio, TX January 8–10, 2012.
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An Evaluation of Population Forecast Errors for Florida and Its Counties, 1980–2010 Stanley K Smith Stefan Rayer Bureau of Economic and Business Research University of Florida Conference on Applied Demography San Antonio, TX January 8–10, 2012
Table 1. Forecast Errors for State Projections, Launch Years 1980–2005 Ave. 1: Average ignoring the direction of error (precision) Ave. 2: Average accounting for the direction of error (bias)
Table 2. MAPEs for County Projections, Launch Years 1980–2005
Table 3. 67th Percentile Errors for County Projections, Launch Years 1980–2005
Table 4. MALPEs for County Projections, Launch Years 1980–2005
Table 5. Percent Positive Errors for County Projections, Launch Years 1980–2005
Table 6. Forecast Errors for County Projections, by Population Size and Length of Horizon
Table 7. Forecast Errors for County Projections, by Growth Rate and Length of Horizon
Table 8. Number of Counties with Populations Falling Below the Low Projection, Above the High Projection, or Within the Projected Range